First there was MacSaber… The WiiSaber and, now, finally… The iSaber. Sure, it’s in beta mode, but what good are your geek status symbols if they don’t make lightsaber noises?
Red Shirts: Fate? Or statistics?
If only they’d done these kinds of studies in my statistics class! I might have gotten a better grade.
So is the fabled Red Shirt Phenomenon on Star Trek real? According to a recent statistical analysis, yes, but not as much as one might think.
If you’re wearing a red shirt and beam down to the planet, you have a 53% probability of dying. However, if Kirk gets lucky with the local space hottie? That drops way down to 12%; which puts you in about the same range as the yellow and blue shirts.
They should put this into the Starfleet manual. (via)
Lightsaber safe in Texas
Chewbacca hands saber over to NASA
The Wookiee and several of his costumed friends presented NASA officials with the Skywalker lightsaber today at Oakland International Airport. The lightsaber will be met in Houston by the R2-D2, the 501st and a police escort who will accompany it to NASA
Up, up and away
Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber heading to space. For real!
UPDATE: Expect plenty of coverage over at the TOSblog tomorrow!
Space fashion streamlines at MIT
MIT professor designs sleek spacewear for astronauts. You won’t see it strutting down any runways in Paris, but it certainly looks like an improvement on the existing ones.
Video du Jour: Macbook attack
The Ultimate Mac vs PC Battle. I hate to say it, but does Vista’s obvious passivity make it the Jedi? (via TFN)
Cloud City in reverse
From Japan (naturally) comes the X-Seed 4000, a mountain-shaped tower that if built would be the world’s tallest building. And although they compare it to Mt. Doom at the link, I’m seeing more of a sci-fi influence. Not that it’s not totally creepy, mind. (via notcot)
LFL for tech geeks
For you hardcore alpha geeks just dying to know about things like Lucasfilm’s render farm, Computer World interviews some of their IT staff for ‘IT optimization the Lucasfilm way.’ (via TOSblog)
Homeland Security blinds with science!
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age? Not exactly… (Thanks Stooge!)